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SCENE I: Seeking Real Treasure [Howling of dogs] Asst 1 -Hahahaha haha, Sardar wakeup sardar wakeup, jago sardar jago, look! What I have brought for us Sardar this time I have managed to pounce on a treasure, really its twice among the amount we got last time hahahaha Sardar Jaggu you woke up me from my dream. What a dream it was you know Jaggu, I had dream I found great wealth.once we find this wealth we don t have to steal for rest of our lifes. H a hahaha Asst 1 Sardar.. Sardarrrr But that is just dream this is real, look, look at this, Sardar Heh These are just cheap jewels you useless fool. Is this how you define treasure?. Just bag full of it!. I am disgusted. Asst 1- But Bhagat we have been trying really hard. And people have become more careful now, we are surrounded by soldiers at almost all times S- You fool! You are a crook. You must know how to tackle all this, haven t I trained you how to be professional thief, how to hoodwing soldiers.. [sound of soldiers] A2- Sardar dokha hoi gava. we are been chased. our hide out has been exposed soldiers are heading towards us.lets run lets run for our lives S- You good for nothing. Lets get out of here
SCENE 2: Sage tells about opulence of Krishna [Sage singing bhajan] Hari ka Dhyan laga mann mere (2), mit jayenge sab dukh tere(2) Sumiran karle sanjh savere, mit jayenge sab dukh tere (2) Ram Krishna Hari, Gopal Krishna Hari (4) Dagar dagar par juthe mele, bharmati hai juthi maya Kaun saath dhan lejayega, kaun saath dhann le ke aaya Jag me sab ke rain basere, saath kisi ke kaun chale re Hari ka Dhyan laga mann mere (2), mit jayenge sab dukh tere(2) Ram Krishna Hari, Gopal Krishna Hari (4) Sage Yashoda mai dressed Krishna with the most ornate jewels studded with special diamonds, rubies and pearls worth of crore of rupees. Light of day seemed dull when compared with the jewels that adorned crown amulets and necklaces, In this way Yashoda mai smelling his head sent her young son to tend cows in forest with his brother Balaram Asst1- Sardar this place is not safe for us, we should leave. lets go to forest sardar Sardar you fools. Didn t you hear about boys with the ornaments? What a great opportunity? I strived so hard each day but for such ordinary things!.but may be, this is the end of my hunt. If I succeed this time I can spend my entire life in bliss, anyways they are just small kids, one wack across their face and they themselves will hand over everything to me. Sage-.So we will end here, thank you very much for your attention, we shall continue with rest tomorrow hare Krishna
Sardar Pandit? Pandit: Yes Sardar Is this real? Pandit: What Sardar The boys with jewel? Pandit - Which boys? Who who are you S- I am I am the famous daku bhagat P Daku bhagat what do you want? S- I want you to tell me more about boys. P Which boys you are talking about S- Few minutes ago you were mentioning about small boys with jewels, look pandit my interest lies with the wealth of those boys. What u described they have enough for both of us. If I succeed I promise to offer you share of my booty..now tell me where can I find those boys P- Oh but that haa haa S- Tell me the truth and I will give u part of my share P Alright, alright you want to know about boys let me take my book out. Krishna and his brother Balaram wear gold anklets on their lotus feet whose tinkling sound melts ones heart. Krishna whose complexion is like a newly formed rain cloud, wears yellow garments, and carries a golden flute in His hand. The pearl complexion Balram, wears blue garments and carries a plough in his hands. They wear silver waist belts, diamond necklaces, and the glittering Kaustuba jewels on Krishna s chest. You won t find any other gem as valuable as the Kaustuba. The crystal bangle on their wrist, the ear-rings and majestic turbans, the curly black hair, the tilak on their forehead, and the enchanting smile! A colourful flower garland and pearl wide teeth. The lotus wide eyes, seems that they are constantly showing love and bliss. What a beautiful form! What a beautiful form! S- Hmm All these are are real? P My son these are only real treasures in this world, all others are illusion S- Alright, what is its worth P Oh yes and there is no calculation of their worth? It s much more than crores and billions of rupees. And there is much more than what I have told you about. You put the whole wealth of the universe it will not match the wealth of those jewels S- Where can I find them? P-Its not so easy to find it!
S- Pandit I will assure you I will share a part of the loot. Now tell me where can I find it? P Alright. you can go northwards. keep walking till you reach village where young boys are engaged in fun filled games under shadow of a kadamba trees along a river, you will find a hill surrounded by lush green pastures, where cows will be grazing with the calves, sounds of birds chirping and sweeten your mind. S- OK Pandit as and when I get my hands on the treasure I shall return to give you your share P WHAT A MAD MAN? S- Hmm But hmm..pandit P- Yes S- You said northwards, a river, kadamba trees, young boys playing, a hill and chirping birds, right P- Yes yes exactly now you must go quickly in search of them S- hmm P-: Thank GOD. He is gone for good but what if he returns Ahha he has a lot faith on me, if he turns up again I can misguide him yet another time. I am sure he will take a day or two and I am sure by then I will be out of the village
Scene3 : Daku Bhagat meets Krishna and Balaram S I don t think the pandit will lie to me. the description given to me fits in here very well I will find Him. Are you sure there is no one boy like this in this village? [Dance of Krishna and Balaram] [Thumak Thumak kar chale Kanahaiya.] Krishna and Balaram Kalindi..Yamuna. Kaliya. Su-Surabhi. Sardar Stop I Said stop Come here you boys stand right before me without any movement Now very carefully give each and every jewel present on your bodies give me now K Jewells why why should we give our jewells? we will not give S- You will not give? don t you see this lathi? K Lathi what will this lathi do? S- What will this lathi do? If you don t give me these jewels to me it will break your head in to millions of pieces K and B no we will not give, S- one tight slap across your face and you yourself will give me all jewels come on now, Give jewels to me
K and B Maiya maiya S- Stop I SAID stop right there [dramatic music] Sardar- Who are you? Whats happening to me? Why am I feeling so weak. Where is all my strength gone? How do you look so beautiful? I have never seen such a beautiful children! Why, why am I crying?you you can t be ordinary children.you are not humans, who are you? Krishna and B We are cowherd boys. We are the children of Nanda Maharaj, the king of Vrindavan. - S- Ok you go away from here, I don t want your jewels my heart is content. All my wishes are full filled.such a beautiful body I feel like decorating you with more jewellery. K and B- YOU want to give us more jewels? But that s not what we want. We don t want your jewels. S- Can you please extend your hands? K No you will hit us S- Such a soothing touch this has extinguished the blazing fire in my heart. Go, you can go now. My desires are pacified. I will just stay here. Now you leave. but please do come back again,promise me, please don t forget if you don t come I will not survive K and B - so will you beat us now?you will not steal our jewels right?we will come only if you make a promise S- Promise? I promise you hundred times on the name of GOD. I WILL never beat you, such wonderful children who can think of beating you. Now you go K and B But we want to give you our jewellery to you S- Jewellery. I have no desire for this, no desire, no desire left K and B You may not desire but we want to give it to you S- I don t want anything K Why not, but we want to give u S- ok if u want to give me, I will take it. But won t be your parents angry with you Will they not beat you K No we are rajumar at home we have many jewells like this S- Ok I don t want to go against your wishes but do u really have more ornamnets like this K yes ofcourse
S - Tie up everything in my cloth but listen are u sure u are not giving this against your wish. my wish is just to watch you and not to take your jewels K No no we want to give it to you. Tomorrow you visit us again and we will give you much more. S- when I return u will give me more jewels wont you? Even if u don t give more jewels, its alright please make sure I get to see your beautiful darshan. I get to see your beautiful moonlike face K and B- Yes jewels and darshan both
Scene4 : Daku Bhagat meets Pandit after meeting Krishna Balaram S- Hahaha Pandit I am back pandit P U should run away from here daku Bhagat your life is in danger the soldeirs will come looking for you S panditji I have lost my life to that that beautiful boy P which boy? S- Panditji, I met that boy, he willingly wanted to give his ornaments P what are u talking about? S- That boy His touch was so sweet, so gentle I have no desire to rob anymore, I am fearless now, let the soldiers come and catch me. P- You met that boy!? Did you see that boy!? S- Yes panditji. Hahaha.. He had a peacock feather, nupur and a beautiful enchanting smile. P- The boy I mentioned in the katha you got His jewels? S- Yes panditji, yes. Look at these jewels P- The yogis who are performing austerities for thousands of years giving up hunger, thirst who go thru severe austerities, but they are deprived of this fortune, and this thief has seen Him. Impossible! But he has brought His ornaments? Kyon bhai? Can you take me to Him? S- Why not panditji? Lets go!
Scene5 : Daku Bhagat takes Pandit to Krishna S-Panditji.. we have finally reached. Just wait for some time, the boys will arrive, the sun is about to rise. You should hide here. You are a stranger, if they see you, they may not come out. [music of flute ] S-Can you hear the beautiful mesmerizing flute? Can you hear? P-Where? I cannot hear anything? Are you sure they will come? S- Yes they had promised me to give more ornaments more jewels and their blessed darshan. [music] P-But Daku Bhagat? S-Shhh, just keep quiet, you are a stranger, you stand in a corner. I ll call you when they come. Look, look, they are not far away from here. Look they are about to reach. Can you see them? Can you see any changes? P- I don t see any change.. S- Cant you see the effulgence? You can see the mountain, the forest, but you can t see them? P- I can t see anything. If those boys are really present here today then you tell them that whatever they want to give let them give in this brahmana s hands [as music deepens] S (to Krishna Balram): Come, I have come here today and I have been waiting for you Krishna- You want more jewels? S-No, no, I have come back today to return back what you gave me yesterday. You take back what you gave me yesterday. But this pandit does not believe me today, so I have brought him along
with me. I can hear your flute, I can see your effulgence, I can see your moonlike faces, I can talk to you, but this pandit cannot hear or see anything! If you don t reveal to him, he will not believe me. Krishna- Aye bhai He is not qualified to see me. He may be old with lot if wisdom and knowledge, but he does not have faith S- No, No, Please just one time, Please just one time let him see for once. Krishna: Ok, as you wish. [dramatic music] Krishna: Daku Bhagat you had come to steal my jewels, right?but I have stolen your heart. [Ending Kirtan. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Ramo Hare Ramo Ramo Ramo Hare Hare ]. [end].